I have a feeling details are being finalized and then announced in real time regarding the Prankster event that I first reported on last week.Today we have some more details, including -- if you're willing to roll the dice until things are firmed up -- information on how to purchase tickets for both the...

One of the more intriguing -- and mysterious -- storylines of the Fare Thee Well Chicago Weekend involves an event known as the Acoustic Acid Test. Sometimes referred to as 50th Anniversary of the Acid Test or AT50, it certainly appears that something big is in the works, but what exactly it is takes a...

We were happy to give away dozens of tickets for a bunch of shows during the Halloween Weekend in Chicago. While tons of great music was consumed, like an overflowing bag of trick-or-treat candy, the good times linger into the following week, too.So if you are still nursing a Halloween Hangover, there's nothing like...

Fact: there is outstanding music every weekend in Chicago.But sometimes you just have to shake your head, sigh, and realize how lucky we are to have this city as our playground.What's more, the highlights of this weekend's cavalcade of stars feature that are right smack in our wheelhouse. the jambands, supergroups, heavy funk,...

I try to get a bunch of Chicago Shows up on the site in our audio visual section, but every now and then I need to catch up. Here a catch all post for some of the ifne shows posted up on archive from this fall.I guess it was technically still summer, but the...

If you walked in to the Abbey Pub for Terrapin Flyer's Wednesday night jam on May 8th, you may have noticed something strange after the first couple of songs. If you stuck around for the second set, and were well-versed in Grateful Dead history, you surely would have put the pieces together and realized that...

Terrapin Flyer featuring Mark Karan, Melvin Seals and Tom ConstantenSaturday, April 13, 2013Martyrs - Chicago, ILSet One: China Cat Sunflower>I Know You Rider, Me & My Uncle, Second that Emotion, Friend of the Devil, Playin' In the Band>Golden Road, Death Don't Have No Mercy, Dancin' In the Streets*, DealSet Two: Feel Like...

There have been hiatuses, New Year's Runs, Wood Tours, and gigs En La Playa, but there hasn't been a full on electric TOUR from Widespread Panic, since they stepped off the stage in Chicago on Halloween 2011. That changes this week in St. Louis, but the first weekend stop finds them bunking down in our city...

The weekly Dead jam is back in Chicago!Each Wednesday, Terrain Flyer brings a host of the best Dead-loving musicians from all over the city to jam out at Abbey Pub.They promise to cover a new full album the last Wednesday of each month (next up is Skull and Roses on 3/27). For their first...

It was a family affair back at Martyrs for when Terrapin Flyer hit the stage for its sold out Saturday night gig, with the band welcoming several guests to partake in some good ole Grateful Dead (and, of course, JGB) with Melvin Seals and Mark Karan. Norman Sands has some nice photos of the proceeding...